Subject: [syzbot] [fuse?] linux-next test error: general protection fault in fuse_dev_alloc_install

From: syzbot <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:30:30 -0700

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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    f3e6330d7fe4 Add linux-next specific files for 20260407
git tree:       linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12f15302580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=aaf410acb26eb1e9
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9b639ce94c265f1daf1f
compiler:       Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/49440d846e49/disk-f3e6330d.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/9eb3e67d6b50/vmlinux-f3e6330d.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/162aa16f318d/bzImage-f3e6330d.xz

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Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000046: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000230-0x0000000000000237]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6098 Comm: syz.0.243 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:fuse_dev_install fs/fuse/dev.c:493 [inline]
RIP: 0010:fuse_dev_alloc_install+0x39/0x80 fs/fuse/dev.c:508
Code: e8 bc f8 ff ff 48 89 c3 48 85 c0 74 47 e8 7f 57 7f fe 49 8d be 30 02 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <80> 3c 08 00 74 05 e8 6c 94 e9 fe 49 8b 96 30 02 00 00 49 c7 86 30
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004977710 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffff88802a4e8700 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8e3178fe RDI: 0000000000000230
RBP: ffff888022375790 R08: ffffffff9074f1f7 R09: 1ffffffff20e9e3e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20e9e3f R12: ffff888028058840
R13: ffff888028058810 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888028058800
FS:  0000555594717500(0000) GS:ffff888124dd9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fcdea32ba40 CR3: 0000000030fc2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 cuse_channel_open+0x107/0x7c0 fs/fuse/cuse.c:524
 misc_open+0x2d5/0x350 drivers/char/misc.c:163
 chrdev_open+0x4cd/0x5e0 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x785/0x14e0 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x340 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e08/0x3860 fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1370 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1381
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fcdea39c819
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffc7d8d7b88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fcdea615fa0 RCX: 00007fcdea39c819
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fcdea432c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fcdea615fac R14: 00007fcdea615fa0 R15: 00007fcdea615fa0
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:fuse_dev_install fs/fuse/dev.c:493 [inline]
RIP: 0010:fuse_dev_alloc_install+0x39/0x80 fs/fuse/dev.c:508
Code: e8 bc f8 ff ff 48 89 c3 48 85 c0 74 47 e8 7f 57 7f fe 49 8d be 30 02 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <80> 3c 08 00 74 05 e8 6c 94 e9 fe 49 8b 96 30 02 00 00 49 c7 86 30
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004977710 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffff88802a4e8700 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8e3178fe RDI: 0000000000000230
RBP: ffff888022375790 R08: ffffffff9074f1f7 R09: 1ffffffff20e9e3e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20e9e3f R12: ffff888028058840
R13: ffff888028058810 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888028058800
FS:  0000555594717500(0000) GS:ffff888124dd9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000056547c6ac660 CR3: 0000000030fc2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	e8 bc f8 ff ff       	call   0xfffff8c1
   5:	48 89 c3             	mov    %rax,%rbx
   8:	48 85 c0             	test   %rax,%rax
   b:	74 47                	je     0x54
   d:	e8 7f 57 7f fe       	call   0xfe7f5791
  12:	49 8d be 30 02 00 00 	lea    0x230(%r14),%rdi
  19:	48 89 f8             	mov    %rdi,%rax
  1c:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
  20:	48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rcx
  27:	fc ff df
* 2a:	80 3c 08 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%rcx,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	74 05                	je     0x35
  30:	e8 6c 94 e9 fe       	call   0xfee994a1
  35:	49 8b 96 30 02 00 00 	mov    0x230(%r14),%rdx
  3c:	49                   	rex.WB
  3d:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7
  3e:	86 30                	xchg   %dh,(%rax)

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